The Emerging Movement For Police And Prison Abolition
The murder of George Floyd last spring provoked an unprecedented outpouring of protests, and a rare national reckoning with both racism and police
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Defund The Police
REDEMPTION AT STATEVILLE: Battling False Hope 4 Cookies At A Time
He did time in Pontiac. He did time in Menard. He did time in Stateville. Those places held Smiley but they will not
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TOUGH ON CRIME ISN’T WORKING: Letter To The Editor
Responding to recent shootings, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown declared that “violent felons” need to “stay in jail longer.” If he means that
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STATEVILLE VOICES: A Festival Of Short Plays
In the spring of 2019, through the Northwestern Prison Education Program, playwright and Goodman Artistic Associate, Rebecca Gilman, taught playwriting at the Stateville
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MINNEAPOLIS VOTES TO DISMANTLE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously approved a proposal to change the city charter to allow the police department to be dismantled,
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JUNETEENTH 2020: An Extraordinary Moment
The next election should focus on creating a framework to allow people calling for the abolition of modern prisons to begin the hard
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SHUT DOWN VIENNA
Activists and family members of people incarcerated in Vienna Correctional Center are calling on the Illinois Department of Public Health to shut down
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2700 SOUTH CALIFORNIA AVENUE
A cacophony of car horns, drums, cowbells and trombones echoed along the strip of grass just beyond the coiled razor wire glistening in
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DEFUND COOK COUNTY JAIL
Each year, Cook County spends more than $600 million each year supporting a racist system of policing and incarceration through the Cook County
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DEFUND, DECARCERATE, DISMANTLE MASS INCARCERATION
Gray wisps of smoke emanating from dark concrete. That’s what I remember from the sliver of video of the police killing of 16-year-old
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